​Patrick Kavanagh Tour & Carrickmacross Workhouse

Travel By Luxury Coach

Tea & Scones

Patrick Kavanagh CentreExhibitions and an Audio- Visual will give you the overview on Kavanagh and this part of the country. Also on view are 12 specially commissioned paintings illustrating Kavanagh’s epic poem “The Great Hunger”, a miniature model depicting Kavanagh’s classic, “A Christmas Childhood” and other memorabilia associated with the poet.

Patrick Kavanagh Trail By CoachThe special feature of the Patrick Kavanagh Centre is the unique tour of Kavanagh Country, which takes in many local sites immortalised by Inniskeen’s most famous son, with anecdotes, historical facts, wild rumours and even the odd poem along the way.

Carrickmacross WorkhouseCarrickmacross Workhouse was one of 130 Workhouses built throughout Ireland between 1841 and 1843 to house the poor. You will get a guided tour exploring the history of the workhouse.